Swindon in 50 Buildings

Swindon in 50 Buildings
Author: Angela Atkinson
Publsiher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2019-07-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781445690483

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Explore the rich history of Swindon in this guided tour through its most fascinating historic and modern buildings.

Secret Swindon

Secret Swindon
Author: Angela Atkinson
Publsiher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2018-07-15
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781445683393

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Secret Swindon explores the lesser-known history of the Wiltshire town of Swindon through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive photographs.

Swindon Old Town Through Time

Swindon Old Town Through Time
Author: Mark Child
Publsiher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781445631264

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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Swindon Old Town has changed and developed over the last century.

Worcester in 50 Buildings

Worcester in 50 Buildings
Author: James Dinn
Publsiher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2018-11-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781445680521

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Explores the rich and fascinating history of Worcester through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.

Reading in 50 Buildings

Reading in 50 Buildings
Author: Stuart Hylton
Publsiher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2016-07-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781445659350

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Explores the rich and fascinating history of Reading through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.

Haunted Swindon

Haunted Swindon
Author: Dave Wood,Nicky Sewell
Publsiher: Breedon Books Publishing
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: Ghosts
ISBN: 185983616X

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Documents alleged paranormal activity within the borough of Swindon. This book provides accounts of fleeting apparitions at the Jolly Tar pub in Hannington, the mischievous goings-on at Sally's Cafe in Highworth, a plethora of unexplained noises at Swindon's Wyvern Theatre, and the sounds of footsteps echoing through the Central Fire Station.

Cheltenham in 50 Buildings

Cheltenham in 50 Buildings
Author: David Elder
Publsiher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2017-11-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781445673219

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Explores the rich and fascinating history of Cheltenham through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.

The Building Society Promise

The Building Society Promise
Author: Antoninus Samy
Publsiher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2016
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780198787808

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The permanent building societies of England grew from humble beginnings as a multitude of small and localized institutions in the nineteenth century to become the dominant players in the house mortgage market by the inter-war period. Throughout the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the movement cultivated an image of being a champion of home ownership for the working classes, but housing historians have questioned whether building societies really lived up to this claim. This study fills a major gap in the historiography of the movement by investigating the class profile of building society members, and how the design of different building societies affected their accessibility, efficiency, and risk-taking practices between 1880 and 1939. These themes are explored using case studies of several building societies from this period and drawing upon extensive archival records. The Building Society Promise shows that building societies did lend to working-class households before the First and Second World Wars, with some societies showing a greater commitment to working-class home ownership than others. What ultimately affected the outreach of individual societies was the quality of information they possessed, which in turn was largely determined by the types of agency networks they used to find and select borrowers. The phenomenal growth of some of these institutions in the inter-war period, however, and the ensuing competition which emerged between them, brought about profound changes in their firm structure which impaired their ability to reach out to lower-income households as efficiently as before. The findings of this research are relevant to both past and present debates about the optimal design of financial institutions in overcoming social exclusion in credit markets, and the deleterious effects that firm growth, market competition, and managerial self-interest can have on their performance and stability.